Despite low unemployment, ex-US President Trump plans middle-class tax cut if elected
Other ideas that Trump’s close economic advisors are discussing include an increase in the so-called standard deduction on year-end tax returns and a cut to the marginal income tax rate for middle-income households, one of the people with knowledge of those conversations said. It was unclear if either of those ideas had been presented to Trump directly.
Questions raised about African navies conspicuous absence in fight against piracy
Western navies and the Indian Navy have stepped in to contain the emerging threat landscape through multinational naval responses – including Prosperity Guardian, Operation Aspides (EUNAVFOR) and Operation ATALANTA (anti-piracy). These efforts are vested in maintaining the integrity of the maritime component underpinning the global economy.
Africa’s threadbare maritime security in Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean exposes weak links
The Houthis have also demonstrated a robust capacity for ballistic missile, drone, and subsea technological disruption. These deployments flag the proliferation of modern materiel to nonstate armed groups. The increased maritime militarisation of nonstate actors and criminal groups poses a direct threat to African assets, infrastructure and national interests elsewhere on the continent.
South Africa recalls toxic J&J’s cough syrup currently retailing in six African nations
Kenya and Nigeria have already issued recalls for the same syrup, which is used in the treatment of hay fever and other allergic conditions affecting the upper respiratory tract.
Hailed as Africa’s largest infrastructure investment, Lapsset Corridor Project slips into limbo as Kenya fends off fierce resistance
Not coincidentally, there has been increased terror attacks along the Lapsset corridor as al-Qaeda-supported al Shabaab Somali terrorist outfit has over the past few years turned the Boni Forest in Lamu, Garissa – which is to be upgraded to a city – Mandera, Wajir and Moyale into its terrorism theatres.
World Bank: African economies’ growth won’t be strong to dent poverty despite positive forecast
The East African Community region, in contrast, is expected to grow 5.3 per cent this year, due to strong growth in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. West Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria, is forecast to grow 3.3 per cent this year, below its long-term average.
Uproar over efficacy of its Covid vaccine forces Moderna to pause plans to build factory in Kenya
The drugmaker said it had taken more than $1 billion in losses and write-downs related to the cancellation of previous orders from Africa.
Death of two migratory ‘super-tuskers’ prompts Kenya to raise red flag over Tanzania’s wildlife hunting
The killing broke an unofficial moratorium on hunting elephants near the Kenyan border. The ban was agreed in 1995 after an outcry over the shooting of four Kenyan elephants on the Tanzanian side in 1994, conservationists said, although the prohibition did not set out detailed regulations.
Covid vaccine lies: ‘What we’ve learnt is that scientists cannot be trusted, they lie all the time’
According to Thacker, “If you’re going to be a corrupt journal the way Science Magazine has turned itself into a completely corrupt institution, then we need to begin to think about whether or not publicly funded research can be published in these journals.”
Editors of influential science journals face US House committee for disseminating falsehoods on Covid vaccines
A House investigation and Freedom of Information Act requests later revealed that a month before publication, Fauci and Collins reviewed drafts of the paper. A July 2023 report by the subcommittee found that Fauci, key virologists and government officials used the paper to suppress the Covid-19 lab-leak theory.
